Internally, IMT-MINAFAB achieves the grouping - in a unique experimental centre - of the resources acquired and exploited by the institute's RD laboratories, and enables their optimal usage by all IMT researchers.

The "centre" is optimizing the use of the support infrastructure and the maintenance; it also deals with cost evaluation, standardization of processes, know-how management and other supporting activities.

Secondly, as an interface to the "external world" of partners and users, the MINAFAB centre ensures a fast and flexible interaction with partners and clients, fully exploiting the RD potential based on the existing knowledge, and the emerging opportunities.

The various kinds of interactions are explained in the following table. Combinations are also possible.